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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Rename "retransmittable" frames and packets (#1595)

Christian Huitema <notifications@github.com> Sun, 11 November 2018 01:01 UTC

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On 11/11/2018 7:39 AM, Dmitri Tikhonov wrote:
>
>     Something like "wack", "tracked", "ackent" don't have obvious
>     english language interpretations
>
> I disagree. While /wack/ (not an adjective!) and /tracked/ (only
> implies action tangentially) are indeed poor choices, /ackent/ belongs
> to a family of English adjectives ending with *ent* wherein *ent*
> implies action related to the suffixed part of the word:
>
>   * astringent
>   * indulgent
>   * pestilent
>   * propellent
>   * prurient
>   * quiescent
>   * somnolent
>   * truculent
>   * urgent
>
> *Ackent*: causing ACKs. Sounds logical and English to me.
>

I would rather use "truculent"

-- Christian Huitema


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